The Client Intake and 5 Health Determinants
The Plant Path: Herbalism, Medical Astrology & Spagyric Alchemy
Sajah Popham
4.8 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2020
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Root determinants are the big-picture, general things that we do each and every day that determine our relative state of health or lack of health. These are important things to know when working with clients, but sometimes they're overlooked by practitioners because they're considered basic and rudimentary and because there are so many other things to cover in a client intake.
So how do you do an intake in a way that makes sense . . . and so that you're not sitting there with a person all day long trying to get all the information that you need? How much time is generally recommended for a proper intake that accounts for the five root determinants of health? That's what we cover this week.
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Sajah Popham is the author of Evolutionary Herbalism and the founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism, where he trains herbalists in a holistic system of plant medicine that encompasses clinical western herbalism, medical astrology, Ayurveda, and spagyric alchemy. His mission is to develop a comprehensive approach that balances the science and spirituality of plant medicine, focusing on using plants to heal and rejuvenate the body, clarify the mind, open the heart, and support the development of the soul. Sajah's approach honors and acknowledges the chemical, energetic, and spiritual properties of plants for a holistic model that uses the whole herb to heal the whole person. He lives on a homestead in the foothills of Mt. Baker Washington with his wife Whitney where he teaches, consults clients, and prepares spagyric herbal medicines.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the plant path, your window into the world of herbal medicine, with Saja and Whitney Popham, founders of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism. |
| 0:23.6 | Hey there everybody, Seja here and welcome to this episode of the blog. |
| 0:30.6 | In this video today, I'm going to be talking a little bit about the intake process and how to work with people |
| 0:41.1 | in regards to what I refer to as kind of the five root determinants of our health. |
| 0:47.8 | You know, these are kind of the big picture general things that we do each and every day that determine our relative state of health or lack |
| 0:58.9 | of health. And while these are really important aspects of working with a client, sometimes |
| 1:05.7 | they're actually overlooked by a lot of practitioners almost because they're so I guess basic and rudimentary. |
| 1:13.6 | And so really talking about how do we integrate these five critical determinants of our health |
| 1:22.6 | into your consultation work that you do with clients and kind of what that timeline looks like. |
| 1:28.9 | Like where do you, where do you fit it in? And how do you, you know, there's so much to cover |
| 1:33.9 | in a client intake. How do you do it in a way that makes sense and that you're not sitting |
| 1:40.9 | there with a person for all day long trying to get all the information that you need |
| 1:45.4 | and so uh so this episode really digging into a little bit of intake dynamics and how to |
| 1:52.1 | address some of the most important aspects of someone's health so uh enjoy the episode this week |
| 1:59.0 | and elsie is asking how much time would you recommend for a proper intake that accounts |
| 2:05.9 | for the five root determinants of health? |
| 2:09.9 | Great question, Elsie. |
| 2:11.8 | So a little backstory for those of you that, not backstory, but foundations here, for those |
| 2:16.7 | of you that maybe aren't in the |
| 2:18.4 | Vital Serbable Practitioner Program or don't know what it means when I say five root |
| 2:22.1 | determinants of health. And so just to recap that a little bit for everyone here. So in the Vital |
| 2:30.5 | Serble Practitioner Program and kind of the foundations module, I talk about, |
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